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and a Nova Scotian, the Americans two men, 

 who, though they had been born in the States, 

 had spent most of their lives in Canadian 

 territory, and I, an Indian half-breed named 

 Lonis Cardinal. We also had six twenty-foot 

 canoes between us, onr intention being to 

 break up and hunt in small parties after we 

 had left the steamer. 



At last on the afternoon of Sunday, August 

 21st, we left Dawson on board the flat-bottomed 

 stem-wheeler the " Emma Nott," and steamed 

 very slowly up stream against the strong 

 current of the Yukon. 



On the afternoon of the following Wednesday 

 we reached Selkirk, which is prettily situated 

 on the western bank of the Yukon, just opposite 

 to the mouth of the Pelly River. Selkirk at 

 present consists of a small Indian village with 

 a church and mission station attached, a few 

 trading stores, a telegraph office and a North- 

 west Mounted Police Post. 



Fort Selkirk was established as a trading 

 station by the Hudson's Bay Company as long 

 ago as in 1850, but was subsequently burnt 



